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I just looked on Jonsies site to buy a new Husky, it says he won't post them either!! Thought it just Stihl??

Been thinking.... Can i pay online and purchase the Stihl items and arrange to collect them? If so, could the items be packed in a box with an address of my choice stuck on the box? Then if i'm busy that day, my mate TNT or Parcelforce will pick it up for me?? Is this breaking the rules?

If I were getting somebody in to do a job, I would get a few quotes which would most likely range in price and possibly quality of service. It would be up to me to decide who I wanted to buy that service from, and nobody else. If I wanted to buy that service from somebody who wasn't my nearest service provider, whose business is it but my own? In Stihl's world, they expect to dictate to me who I deal with by placing so many obstacles in the way of my choice that I have no option but to deal with a local option. Well, Stihl can stick it where the Sun doesn't shine.

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Soooo, what is the reason behind this??? Anyone got any idea?

What I find a bit odd about this whole thing is, well, everything.

Stihl as a manufacturer exist solely to sell equipment.

It's pretty obvious to anyone with a functioning brain of any capacity that restricting the purchasing options their customers have will hit their volume.

They sell their goods (allegedly) to all their dealers at the same nett price, so why would they care how these dealers shift them?

They don't mind whether 1 million dealers sell 1 saw each or 1 dealer sells a million saws.

In restricting their most successful volume selling dealers they set themselves at an unfair disadvantage to other manufacturers who don't adopt this policy.

This isn't about protecting dealers, I'd be surprised of this has even come from Stihl all by themselves, it smells like Europe to me...... Such a half baked business decision doesn't feel like the brainchild of the worlds largest selling saw manufacturer. They didn't get there by making it difficult to buy their products.

Well said!!

Gonna be a right pita for guys in the Scottish highlands or outer Hebrides!!

Absolutely! Some German numpty obviously has no concerns for these guys! This new policy is totally rediculous, and Stihl deserve to loose a lot of business from this! Basically dominate the market, then refuse to post products to people! Very wise business decision! I'm totally baffled.....

I'm just ready to buy a new ground saw! Was gonna get a MS392 or a MS441 and get her sent over! Really can't be bothered now! Tried my mates Husky 560XPG today - that will do me nicely! Reckon i'll just get one of them! And pray to hell it lasts longer then the last Husky i bought! But if/when it breaks, at least they will post me the bits to fix the thing!

Serves you right, you should have bought Swedish :001_tt2:

 

 

 

At least it means the end of the'whats the best saws, stihl or husky' debate. Husky is now the clear winner, you can get spares.

Shame every Saw I own is a Stihl then!

I think Stihl have just pressed the "Self-Destruct" button! Husqvarna must be laughing their asses off!

After what i am hearing, what use are Stihl gonna be to me in the future? I'm more then pissed off with this! If i'm stuck out in the middle of rural Sweden, my nearest dealer can be hundreds of km's away!!! and i cannot get parts posted to me? It's rediculous! Seriously lost respect for them!

Bloody 'ell Rob!

You're like the anti-Stihl policy by being as useful as is humanly possible!

 

I'll be ordering some from you soon!

 

Cheers for being a legend and saving us headaches!

You just made me giggle with that comment! So true!!!

I thought it was à reasonabel question as i no nothing about aspen.

It is a very reasonable question imo...

Thank you for the in-depth info Eddie@Aspen!!! How much are these pump piston kits? Is there a part number i can show to a non-english speaking Swede in the local saw shop so he knows what i want?

Also someone spoke of a carb mod to blank off the piston pump, would this solve my problem? And would there be any negative effects of doing this?

Cheers! Ed

Either that or get the 200t carb & if you get grief from it in the future,do the carb mod to blank off the piston pump,easy ten minute top whack fix.

Can someone tell me what this is about?

Thank you very much! Appreciated!

Thank you very much for the precise instructions!! Do you happen to know how much roughly these Carb boots, Impulse lines and the rubber O ring within the carb are? Not a lot i'm guessing... If they are cheap enough i might just replace the lot to eliminate them!

I am new to stripping carbs and associated parts! Is the carb boot the rubber tunnel behind the carb with the metal ring on it?

Where do i find the impulse line mate? I normally just send saws into a shop and let them do it, but as i am out in Sweden, due to their highly overpriced parts and labour in the saw shops, i need to figure out how to sort everything out myself now, especially using Aspen, as i can see this knowledge is gonna be invaluable!! Cheers for your patience! Your help is much appreciated!

ha, ha!! Oh great!! :-)

I don't think it's the tuning of the carb, but i may be wrong!!

If it's this rubber ring in the carb, is this easy to replace? I think i know where you mean..... there is a screw inside the carb i saw, does that release the piston? Is it all gonna spring apart and the bits fly across the room? Or is it as simple to replace as the bits in the carb kit?

It wasn't really sitting for long! But only used a couple of times a month i think! I bought it off a mate - and it ran sweet as a nut when i tested it out in UK! Very powerful and responsive! I wish it would run like that over here!!

Aspen is better, huh??

Saw is 2010 model, done very little work for it's age! But ran on 2-stroke mix in UK for 2-3 years! On the contract were on in Sweden we HAVE to use Aspen! I reluctantly started using the stuff. Ran like crap immediately! Loss of power, delay between throttle and revs picking up, erratic idling, ect.....

After 1 week, the fuel lines began leaking so badly the saw was unusable. I replaced them, and stripped the carb and fitted the diagram and other parts in the carb kit i purchased. The saw then ran adequately well for 3 weeks! Now it's back to it's old tricks!! New carb needed? Or is there any other problems i could be missing?

I also fitted the carb kit to 2 other guys saws, with no improvement whatsoever!!! What is the problem?? Any help appreciated!!

It would have gone mate, but it would have landed within inches of a live railway track with 15,000 Volt power lines - So decided to just chop her down in 2 lumps rather then one!

Yesterday's first of 9 dismantles. Been gorgeous blue sky and a lovely working weekend!

I have had the small Petzl swivel on my harness for over 3 years! Its definately needs replacing very soon! It is very worn on both ends (It tended to wear faster on the bridge end then the biner end, so i did flip it round about a year ago!) But it has lasted over 3 years and had 1000's of hours use - so it's earned it's money!!

I clip a single DMM oval biner in there and use hitchclimber set-up, so it doesn't bother me that it can be difficult to clip a 2nd biner into it...

I cannot imagine climbing without the swivel after 3 years with it - a mate i'm working with at the moment is climbing on a single point attachment harness (no bridge) and does not use a swivel - and i just cannot see how that can come close to giving a climber the freedom of movement that you get with a bridge and a swivel.

Just my Opinion, OF COURSE! I'm sure others will totally disagree, as always! ;-)

Can't beat rope on rope!!